Good morning and welcome
to your morning cereal.
All right, good morning
and welcome to Tuesday.
All right, you made it through Monday
and that's good for 10 points, let's say.
And for 10 more points,
can you name your favorite crayon color?
Right, today is National Crayon Day.
I just hope you weren't the kid
that always peeled the
paper off before even coloring.
All right, well, that aside,
it's a reminder that
sometimes life works better
when you stay inside the lines.
Also, I guess it's sometimes
better even when you don't.
Well, it's not very straightforward,
but something that we
can answer definitively,
it's the answer to
yesterday's trivia question.
Three, how many
valves does a trumpet have?
The answer is three.
Well, it is time for
the essential vitamins
in your morning cereal.
It's today's quote, and
it's from Ewan McGregor,
who said, "Then one day
when you least expect it,
"the great adventure finds you."
End quote.
Now your morning
decode, trust life's timing,
trust that
opportunities, people, or situations
that change your life will appear at
exactly the right time,
even if you aren't actively
searching for them, right?
I think old Ben Kenobi is very wise.
All right, well, let's go ahead and hear
from the experts now.
It is time to pour in some
atomic habits by James Clear.
And today we are digging
into the habits scoreboard,
which is where things
start getting very real here,
because it's asking you
to take an honest look
at your daily habits.
Without that usual, but I
had a long day excuses, right?
We all do that.
Clear suggests a simple exercise.
Write down your daily
habits and label them as good,
bad, or neutral, not judgmentally, okay?
Just objectively, quote,
"The first step to changing bad habits
"is to be on the lookout for them."
End quote.
So awareness is the
gateway to improvement.
What's powerful here is the idea
that habits are neither
inherently good nor bad.
They're only good or bad,
depending on whether
they serve you, right?
That late night
snack, well, that depends.
Celebratory dessert or emotional spiral.
He also emphasizes identity again here.
Your habits are votes for who you are.
If you repeatedly act in a certain way,
you begin to believe
that's just who you are, right?
The scorecard helps
interrupt that autopilot, okay?
Another key idea is
avoiding self-criticism.
Clear encourages neutrality here.
Observe your habits like
a scientist, not a critic,
because beating yourself up, it doesn't
change your behavior.
It just drains the energy
that you need to change it.
Quote, "Until you make
the unconscious conscious,
it will direct your life
and you will call it fate."
End quote.
Now that line, it should hit hard
because so much of what
we do daily is automatic.
The habit scorecard shines
a light on those patterns
so you can decide
what stays and what goes.
All right, here it is,
your Tuesday takeaway.
You can't improve what you don't notice.
So start by paying attention.
All right, friends, grab
your metaphorical crayon
and color outside the
lines today, but just a little.
And no, I did not forget,
here are my favorite
crayon colors, right?
They have those funny
names on some of them.
Here's three, macaroni and cheese,
outer space, and atomic tangerine.
Those are some of my
favorite color names.
All right, well, it is time for the prize
from the bottom of the cereal box.
The morning cereal
trivia question of the day,
what is the fastest
growing outdoor plant?
All right, thanks for listening to
morning cereal today.
We will see you back here tomorrow
for the answer to the trivia question
and more sugar for the soul.
And until then, have a fantastic day.
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Have a fantastic day and
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